Dog Park Will Be Tested for Radiation
Relenting to community concerns, the federal government announced this week it will perform tests on a dog park where researchers buried radioactive medical waste, The Los Angeles Times reports.
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Baltimore Woman Is Many Dogs’ Best Friend
South Baltimore resident finds homes for mutts whose time at a shelter is almost up, The Baltimore Sun reports.
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K9s Get a Little Extra Protection
The Delaware State Police received a $4,000 gift to purchase ballistic vests for five of the division’s 25 police dogs, The Wilmington (Del.) News Journal reports.
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Sheriff’s Office Gives Dogs Back to Owners
Battered and bruised, eight dogs involved in a busted dogfighting ring have been turned over to the homeowners who hosted the fight, The Sumter (S.C.) Item reports.
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Man Ordered to Give Up Dogs
A man found with 32 German Shepherd Dogs in an old school bus last summer has been ordered to forfeit the animals because he couldn’t properly care for them, the Associated Press reports in the Laconia (N.H.) Citizen.
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No Proof of Plot to Slay Sled Dogs, Report Says
A final report into allegations that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police organized mass slaughters of Inuit sled dogs between 1950 and 1970 has found no evidence of a plot, the Canadian Press reports in the Toronto (Ontario, Canada) Globe and Mail.
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